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| birth_place = New London, Connecticut, U.S.| death_date =| death_place =| other_names =Actress|producer}}| years_active = 1992–presentBrad Silberling|1995}}| children = 2Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts>BA)weblink}}}}Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964)WEB, Brenneman, Amy 1964–,weblink Encyclopedia.com, Cengage, April 23, 2022, is an American actress and producer. She worked extensively in television, coming to prominence as Detective Janice Licalsi in the ABC police drama series NYPD Blue (1993–1994). Brenneman next co-created and starred as Judge Amy Gray in the CBS drama series Judging Amy (1999–2005). She received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations for these roles.In subsequent years, Brenneman has had starring roles as Violet Turner in the Shonda Rhimes medical drama series Private Practice (2007–2013), and as Laurie Garvey on the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017). She is also known for her recurring role as Faye Moskowitz on Frasier and has starred in various films, including Heat (1995), Fear (1996), Daylight (1996), Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000), Nine Lives (2005), and The Jane Austen Book Club (2007).

Early life

Brenneman was born in New London, Connecticut, to Frederica Joanne (née Shoenfield), a judge of the Connecticut State Superior Court, and Russell Langdon Brenneman Jr., an environmental lawyer.BOOK, Who's Who in American Law, Marquis Who's Who, 1983, 78, 0837935032, Amy Brenneman Biography, Yahoo! Movies; accessed December 24, 2017.{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213181454weblink |date=December 13, 2006}} Her aunt was Cold War-era journalist Beryl D. Hines.NEWS,weblink The Washington Post, Cold War Journalist Beryl D. Hines, 84, August 16, 2007, Her mother was Jewish, and joined a Congregationalist church as an adult.WEB, Gerri, Miller,weblink Hollywood Now: Interfaith Stars and How They Raise Their Kids - InterfaithFamily, www.interfaithfamily.com, en, March 21, 2016, 2017-06-05,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160403181724weblink">weblink 3 April 2016, Her father, who was of English, Irish, and Swiss descent, was from a Protestant background.WEB,weblink Blog Archive » Race: Whose Problem Is It, Anyway?, Amy Brenneman, 2013-08-08, 2013-12-30, Brenneman was raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where she participated in theatre as a teenager, both in school at Glastonbury High School and with a local theater group. She graduated from Harvard University, where she majored in comparative religion, in 1987. While at Harvard, she co-founded Cornerstone Theatre Company, with which she traveled for several years after graduation.Julia Collins, "Brennemans on the Bench", harvard.edu; accessed December 24, 2017.

Career

{{update-section|date=July 2022}}Brenneman began her career in the short-lived CBS series Middle Ages in 1992. The next year she was cast in her first major role as mob-connected uniformed officer Janice Licalsi on the ABC police drama series, NYPD Blue. Her story arc, which included a romantic relationship with David Caruso's character, ran through the show's first season (1993–1994) and the first few episodes of the second season. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1994 and for Outstanding Guest Actress the following year.WEB,weblink Amy Brenneman | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Emmys.com, 2013-12-30, After leaving NYPD Blue, Brenneman made her way into film. In 1995, she appeared in Bye Bye Love, Casper, and the critically acclaimed crime drama Heat. In 1996, Brenneman had the female lead role opposite Sylvester Stallone in disaster thriller Daylight, and also starred in another thriller, Fear. In 1997, she played the leading role in the independent drama film Nevada.WEB,weblink Nevada (1997) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast, AllMovie, 2013-12-30, The next year she starred in Your Friends & Neighbors directed by Neil LaBute.{{Citation|title=Your Friends & Neighbors|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/your_friends_and_neighbors/|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=June 5, 2017}} In 1998–1999 season, she returned to television with a recurring role on the NBC comedy, Frasier, as Faye Moskowitz.In 1999, Brenneman became creator and executive producer of her own television series Judging Amy, in which she played the title character.WEB, JAMES ENDRST, The Hartford Courant,weblink Brenneman Takes Up Art, Courts Frasier, Seeks Own Show, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 1999-05-10, 2019-10-21, Brenneman portrayed a divorced single mother working as a Family Court Judge in Hartford, Connecticut. The show's concept was based on the real-life experiences of her mother, Frederica Brenneman, as a superior court judge in the state of Connecticut. Frederica Brenneman was one of Harvard Law School's first female graduates and became a juvenile court judge in Connecticut when Amy was three years old. Amy has said, "I play my mother's job, not my mother."Hal Erickson {{google books|RXQNIs12SzQC|Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About ...|page=147}} Judging Amy ran on CBS for six seasons and 138 episodes from September 19, 1999, to May 3, 2005, to good ratings. In 2002, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110830035734weblink">weblink Past Recipients, August 30, 2011, Brenneman starred in ensemble cast film Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her directed by Rodrigo García in 2000. In 2005, she starred in another Rodrigo García's independent drama, Nine Lives. In 2007, Brenneman played the role of Sylvia Avila in The Jane Austen Book Club based on 2004 novel of the same name by Karen Joy Fowler.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090323084444weblink">weblink The Jane Austen Book Club - Cast, Reviews, Summary, and Awards - AllRovi, March 23, 2009, In 2008, Brenneman co-starred in 88 Minutes alongside Al Pacino.WEB, RON DICKER, HARTFORD COURANT,weblink Amy Brenneman Not The Boss Anymore, And It's Nice, 2008-04-13, 2013-12-30, In March 2007, Brenneman was cast as Violet Turner in the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice.WEB,weblink Applegate, Smart, Brenneman cast in pilots, The Hollywood Reporter, The Shonda Rhimes series ran on ABC from September 26, 2007, to January 22, 2013. She later starred in films The Face of Love and Words and Pictures, and was cast in HBO drama series The Leftovers opposite Justin Theroux.WEB,weblink 'Private Practice's' Amy Brenneman to Co-Star in HBO's 'Leftovers', The Hollywood Reporter, 2013-06-25, 2013-12-30, WEB, Andreeva, Nellie,weblink Amy Brenneman To Co-Star In HBO Pilot 'The Leftovers', Deadline, June 25, 2013, October 21, 2019, MAGAZINE, Highfill, Samantha,weblink Entertainment Weekly, 2013-09-16, 2019-10-21, HBO gives series order to Damon Lindelof's 'The Leftovers', Also in 2013, Brenneman played the role of Mary of Guise, the series' lead character's mother, in Reign.MAGAZINE, Highfill, Samantha,weblink Amy Brenneman joins 'Reign' as Mary's mom, Entertainment Weekly, 2013-11-25, 2019-10-21, WEB,weblink Amy Brenneman Joins CW's 'Reign', Variety, 2013-11-26, 2013-12-30,

Personal life

In 1995, Brenneman married director Brad Silberling in the garden at her parents' home. They had originally met on the set of NYPD Blue. Brenneman and Silberling have two children, Charlotte Tucker and Bodhi Russell, in Pasadena.The Frostig Focus frostigschool.org December 2020JOURNAL, Amy Brenneman — Chiming In, ABILITY Magazine, Apr–May 2013, Amy Brenneman Issue,weblink Brenneman is an Episcopalian.WEB,weblink Mouth Wide Open Program: Program Notes: Amy Brenneman Opens Up | A.R.T. - American Repertory Theater, WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110726135717weblink">weblink Amy Brenneman | Hollywood Prayer Network, July 26, 2011, Brenneman signed the "We Had Abortions" petition which appears in the October 2006 issue of Ms. Magazine. The petition contains signatures of over 5,000 women declaring that they had an abortion and were "unashamed of the choice they made."Q&A: Amy Brenneman on Defining—and Devoting Herself to—Feminism. Ms. Magazine, 19 May 2017In the February 28, 2007, all-star benefit reading of The Gift of Peace at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, she portrays an entrepreneur, alongside actors Ed Asner, Barbara Bain, George Coe, Wendie Malick, and James Pickens, Jr. The play was an open appeal and fundraiser for passage of U.S. House Resolution 808, which sought to establish a Cabinet-level "Department of Peace" in the United States government, funded by a two percent diversion of The Pentagon's annual budget.WEB,weblink The Peace Alliance, 2007-03-01, Martino, Stacey, 2007-02-28, The Gift of Peace, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080919114212weblink">weblink 2008-09-19, In July 2008, Brenneman was nominated as a candidate on the Unite for Strength slate for a place on the national governing board of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in elections scheduled for September 18, 2008.NEWS,weblink Hollywood actors' union faces internal rift, ABC News, 2008-07-27, 2008-07-25, Reuters,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080727023320weblink">weblink 27 July 2008, live, The bid was successful.WEB,weblink National Board of Directors, Screen Actors Guild, 2008-11-12,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081121135452weblink">weblink 21 November 2008, dead, Brenneman is also a strong supporter of more restrictive gun laws, and in 2009 she hosted the Target for a Safe America gala at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun control group that favors restrictive gun laws and supports gun bans.WEB,weblink Amy Brenneman hosts the Brady Center Target for a Safe America gala, Los Angeles 2009, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence web site, 2010-06-28, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110515071357weblink">weblink 2011-05-15,

Filmography{| class"wikitable"|+Key

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Film{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes|1995Bye Bye Love (film)>Bye Bye Love|Susan||1995Casper (film)>Casper|Amelia||1995Heat (1995 film)>Heat|Eady||1996Fear (1996 film)>Fear|Laura Walker||1996Daylight (1996 film)>Daylight|Madelyne "Maddy" Thompson||1997Nevada (1997 film)>Nevada|Chrysty||1997|Lesser Prophets|Annie||1998City of Angels (film)>City of Angels|Angel|Uncredited cameo|1998|Your Friends & Neighbors|Mary||1999|Grace||2000|Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her|Det. Kathy Faber|Segment: "Love Waits for Kathy"|2003Off the Map (film)>Off the Map|Adult Bo Groden||2005Nine Lives (2005 film)>Nine Lives|Lorna||2007|88 Minutes|Shelly Barnes||2007|Sylvia||2008|Downloading Nancy|Carol||2009Mother and Child (2009 film)>Mother and Child|Dr. Eleanor Stone||2013Words and Pictures (film)>Words and Pictures|Elspeth||2013|Ann||2016|In the Shadows of the Rainbow||Short film|2019Peel (2019 film)>Peel|Lucille||2019|Her Mind in Pieces|Mother|Segment: "Here Now"|2019|Foster Boy|Kim Trainer||2021Sweet Girl (film)>Sweet Girl|Diana Morgan|">

Television{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes|1992Middle Ages (TV series)>Middle Ages|Blanche|Episodes: "The Pig in the Python", "Night Moves", "Murmur of the Heart"|1992|Murder, She Wrote|Amy Wainwright|Episode: "A Christmas Secret"|1993–94|NYPD Blue|Det. Janice Licalsi|Main role, 18 episodes|1997|Duckman|Lauren Simone (voice)|Episode: "A Trophied Duck"|1998–99|Frasier|Faye Moskowitz|Recurring role, 4 episodes|1999|A.T.F.|Agent Robin O'Brien|TV film|1999|Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist|Mary Cassatt|TV film|1999–2005|Judging Amy|Amy Gray|Lead role, 138 episodes|2004|Sesame Street|Herself||2007|Grey's Anatomy|Dr. Violet Turner|Episode: "The Other Side of This Life: Parts 1 & 2"|2007–13Private Practice (TV series)>Private Practice|Dr. Violet Turner|Main role, 106 episodes|2011|Robot Chicken|Dorothy Gale / Various (voice)|Episode: "The Departy Monster"|2014–15Reign (TV series)>ReignMary of Guise>Marie de Guise|Episodes: "The Consummation", "Forbidden", "The Price"|2014–17|Laurie Garvey|Main role, 20 episodes|2016No Tomorrow (TV series)>No Tomorrow|Herself|Episode: "No Holds Barred"|2017|Veep|Regina Pell|Episode: "Library"|2017|The Get|Ellen|Television film|2018|Jane the Virgin|DonnaJane the Virgin (season 4)#ep80>Chapter Eighty"|2019Goliath (TV series)>Goliath|Diana Blackwood|8 episodes|2021|Tell Me Your Secrets|Mary Barlow|Main cast|2022|Shining Girls|Rachel|2022The Old Man (TV series)>The Old Man |Zoe|Main cast">

Music videos{| class"wikitable"

! Year! Artist! Title! Role! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}| 2014| VariousImagine (John Lennon song)>Imagine" {{small|(UNICEF: World version)}}| Herself ROWLES>FIRST=DUSTINTITLE='IMAGINE' GETS THE STAR-STUDDED 'WE ARE THE WORLD' TREATMENT FOR UNICEFACCESS-DATE=2021-05-24, Pajiba, ">

Producer {| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! class="unsortable" | Notes|1997Nevada (1997 film)>Nevada|Co-producer|1999–2005|Judging Amy|Executive producer, writer/creator (138 episodes)|2016Heartbeat (2016 TV series)>Heartbeat|Executive producer (10 episodes)|2018|Intelligent Lives|Executive producer">

Awards and nominations{| class"wikitable"

! Year! Award! Category! Work! Result1994Viewers for Quality Television>Viewers for Quality Television Award| Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series NYPD Blue| {{nom}} Primetime Emmy AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series| {{nom}}| 1995Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series>Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series| {{nom}}2000| Golden Globe AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama>Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Judging Amy| {{nom}}| TV Guide Award| Favorite Actress in a New Series| {{won}}| Producers Guild of America Award| Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television| {{nom}}| Primetime Emmy AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series>Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series| {{nom}}| Viewers for Quality Television Award| Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series| {{nom}}2001| Golden Globe Award| Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama| {{nom}}| TV Guide Award| Actress of the Year in a Drama Series| {{won}}| Primetime Emmy Award| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series| {{nom}}2002| Golden Globe Award| Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama| {{nom}}| Primetime Emmy Award| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series| {{nom}}Satellite Awards>Satellite AwardSatellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama>Best Performance by an Actress in a Series – Drama| {{nom}}Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards>Women in Film Lucy Award| Lucy Award| | {{won}}| 2003| Screen Actors Guild AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series>Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series| Judging Amy| {{nom}} 2005| Locarno International Film FestivalBest Actress Award (Locarno International Film Festival)>Best Actress Nine Lives| {{won}}Gotham Awards>Gotham AwardGotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast>Best Ensemble Cast| {{nom}}| 2007| TV Land Award| TV Moment That Became Headline News For appearing nude in the pilot episode | NYPD Blue| {{nom}}

References

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External links

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• Official site
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• Frederica/Amy Brenneman article at Harvard Law School alumni site

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